Entries by Gabor Rona

Abu Ghraib. Eight years ago the Iraqi prison was the site of physical and psychological torture, rape, sodomy and murder of Iraqi prisoners committed by Americans under the authority of Americans. While 11 soldiers were convicted on detainee abuse charges and Army investigations implicated at least 5 private contractors in...

He was an evil mass-murderer. Does it matter how it went down? Absolutely.

It matters to one of the fundamental humanitarian principles of the laws of armed conflict: if they are "hors de combat," or "outside the fight," then targeting even military objectives is a war crime.

The Department of Defense announced yesterday that military commissions prosecutors have sworn charges against Abd al Rahim Hussayn Muhammad al Nashiri of Saudi Arabia. They will seek the death penalty for his alleged role in the USS Cole attack of 2000 and an attack on the French civilian oil tanker...

Drone strikes conducted by the United States in Pakistan are an increasingly hot flash point in relations between the two countries. This week, a drone strike is reported to have killed approximately 40 people. The New York Timesreports that it was a meeting of Taliban mediators and...

Walk into any criminal courtroom in America, no matter where, no matter whom the players, no matter what the charges, and you'll see a familiar script being played out. It's familiar because what happens there is governed by a mountain of precedent and laws built on a bedrock foundation known...